Bert Brown

Bert Brown

Infobox CanadianSenator


name= Bert Brown
term_start= July 10, 2007
term_end=
birth_date= birth date and age|1938|03|22
death_date=
death_place=
party=Conservative
office= Senator from Alberta
portfolio=
footnotes=|

Bert Brown (born March 22, 1938) is a current Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.

Early life

Bert was born on March 22, 1938

He began farming in Kathyrn, Alberta.

Campaign for triple E senate

Brown is the only person to run in all three of Alberta's senatorial elections. In 1989 and 2004 he ran for the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party and in 1998 he ran for the Reform Party of Alberta. He was elected Senator in Waiting in 1998 and re-elected in 2004. Brown is the only person ever to be elected to a second term as Senator in waiting.

He has been campaigning for an elected Canadian Senate for over twenty years. He is national chair of the Canadian Committee for a Triple-E Senate, and has become the symbol for the cause. He has been mentioned in countless Hansard transcripts in legislatures across the country, as well as the federal Parliament and Senate.

He first gained fame for his cause, when he used his tractor to plow "Triple E Senate or else" [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/04/18/harper-senate.html|publisher=CBC.ca|title=Harper appoints Albertan senator-in-waiting|date=2007-04-18|accessdate=2007-04-18] into his neighbour's barley field.

enatorial career

Prime Minister Stephen Harper had promised to advise the Governor General to appoint Brown to the next available Senate seat from Alberta, according to comments made in the House of Commons April 18, 2007. The announcement came after long serving senator Dan Hays, announced that he intended to vacate his seat in the Senate at the end of June 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2007/06/22/4280928-sun.html |title=Senators, awake |publisher=Edmonton Sun | author = Licia Corbella | date =2007-06-22 |accessdate=2007-07-17]

Bert was appointed to the Canadian Senate on July 10, 2007. [cite web|url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1748 |title=Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirms Albertans’ choice for Senate |publisher=Prime Ministers Office of Canada |accessdate=2007-07-10] He will serve six years until mandatory retirement.

Brown became the second person in Canadian history, after Stan Waters, to be appointed to his Senate seat following a provincial senator in waiting election. Brown chose to sit with the Conservative Party of Canada caucus despite being elected as a Progressive Conservative in the Senate election.

Awards

In 2005 Bert Brown was one of nearly 8000 recipients of the Alberta Centennial Medal. The award was given to notable Albertans who have made a lasting contribution in the province over the past 100 years. [cite web| url=http://www.albertacentennial.ca/programs/medal_recip_a-g.html |title=Centennial Medal Recipients A - G | publisher = Alberta Government |accessdate=2007-07-17]

References

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=22124571-ff5b-4d12-bccf-50f78cbe2b3d&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Bert Brown federal political experience Parliament of Canada]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=2796&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M Senators detailed information Parliament of Canada]


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